ToonIt! 2.5

ToonIt! 2.5 allows you to provide a cartoon look to your existing photos.

Reviewed:Geetesh Bajaj

Date Created: April 6, 2010Last Updated: April 6, 2010

Introduction

ToonIt! 2.5 is a new version of a photo cartooning Adobe Photoshop compatible plug-in that
we have reviewed earlier. ToonIt! allows you to
provide a cartoon look to your existing photos. The plug-in uses advanced algorithms to create
cartoon shading and lines.

The new and improved features in ToonIt! 2.5 include:

Three New Outline Effects: Woodcut Outlines, Conte Outlines and Scratchboard
Outlines provide three new options for stylizing the line quality of the cartoon.

New Color Blur Option: The new Supersmart Blur option lets you add more
stylization for the cartoon color fields.

Improved Interface: The interface has been rearranged with its controls placed
into more intuitive groups for a better workflow.

How To Use

This opens the ToonIt! interface, with a default cartoon style applied to the image that you can
see in Figure 2 below.

Figure 2: ToonIt! 2.5 Interface

Now you can choose the pre-mades styles from the Preset Manger. Here you can also
save new presets and load them back later. You can also add various special effects using the options
under Effects Palette. In all, there are 6 effects groups and each of these groups
has sets of parameters to change and tweak. There is also a Style Creator with twelve different
algorithms that can be used to create the underlying cartoon or a painterly style.

All the changes can be viewed in the Preview area. You can even control the zoom in/out of the
image using Zoom Control.

Note: Preset Manager won't have the same effects for all the images, since every
image is different -- you'll need to tweak them a bit. In general, the presets are designed to work
with an image similar to the sample image, a well lit face, with a dark background, and not much
detail in the clothing.

Apply any pre-made cartoon styles or play around with the Effects Palette to get your required
cartoon effect.

Click OK to apply the cartoon effect to the picture. To get the default setting, click the Reset
button.